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>If you look at the concrete laws, they are less spectacular. And if you look at how these laws are used by politicians they look quite spectacular. >And libe
by constantcrying 1y ago
>If you look at the concrete laws, they are less spectacular.
And if you look at how these laws are used by politicians they look quite spectacular.
>And libel only applies to statements of facts. I.e. you can't (easily) be prosecuted for opinions, just for making harmful false claims.
The Wikipedia article and how the law was applied article disagrees.
Do not forget that this applies to insults. E.g. calling a politician "dumb" is enough to get sued. These laws create a way for politicians specifically to prosecute people criticizing them. This isn't a hypothetical, it is how the law is actually used.
- 1718627440 1y agoYes and insults can be factual or not.
- hiimkeks 1y ago> This isn't a hypothetical, it is how the law is actually used. You make it sound like it happens all the time and everyone is used to it. I know of once case (Pimmel-Andy), and that led to a shitstorm, including part of the police operation being declared unlawful after the fact. https://www.lto.de/recht/nachrichten/n/landgericht-hamburg-andy-grote-pimmelgate-durchsuchung-rechtswidrig-twitter https://www.lto.de/recht/nachrichten/n/landgericht-hamburg-a...